this post is dedicated to the astonishing tessa who (i discovered this morning) has flown away leaving a legacy of goodness and beauty and care and most especially real out thereness!

i knew i was in the right place when i saw her header on which is inscribed

"LIFE IS NOT A JOURNEY TO THE GRAVE WITH THE INTENTION OF ARRIVING SAFELY IN A PRETTY AND WELL PRESERVED BODY, BUT RATHER TO SKID IN SIDEWAYS, TOTALLY WORN OUT AND YELLING JOYOUSLY .... "WOOO HOOO WHAT A RIDE!"

Thursday, December 23, 2010

christmastime hovers in a space between worlds. the earthly world gets described by gifts and decorated trees, food, drink, and loving company. the fairy world gets described by the otherness of imagining, of worlds long passed and yet entirely present. ideas that dance in the flames of candles and fires.

wishes that glisten like tinsel and glass.

when the gentle season approaches, i find myself drawn irrevocably to the spaces in-between here and there:

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

i'm really looking forward to the part of the holidays that begins this evening when i get to step away from my teaching and enjoy my family and friends. time to spend alone - perhaps and hopefully some time in the woods or even on my bicycle.